Focus on Chelsea – Mascherano

Javier Mascherano has said Barcelona must focus formally on the Champions League semi final with Chelsea.

Barcelona have El Clasico against Real Madrid at the weekend, but before that both are in action in Europe.

“We want to put the league out of our minds a bit and focus on Chelsea because we have the chance of reaching the final of Europe’s top competition,” Mascherano told the Barcelona website.

“It’ll be a really difficult tie that will depend a lot on getting a good result in the first leg [at Stamford Bridge] against a team that has always been characterised by their tremendous physical strength and which has some really experienced players.”

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